Regional General Permits - Authorized 2011

This page contains information about the 2011 five year re-authorization of the Regional General Permits. Regional General Permits (RGPs or GPs) are specific to the Wilmington District for waters and wetlands of North Carolina, and the associated conditions are established by the District. The Wilmington District also supports a State Programmatic General Permit (SPGP or PGP), developed in cooperation with the state, the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) permit program. This Regional General Permit, referred to as GP 291, was one of the very first State Programmatic General Permits authorized in the US.

The current RGPs in the Wilmington District are linked below as PDF documents. The current GP 198200031, which is used for NC DOT Bridges, was re-authorized November 1, 2008 and can be used until October 31, 2013. All other RGPs used in the District were re-authorized January 1, 2011 and can be used until December 31, 2016.

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TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR, CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL PIERS, DOCKS,
BOATHOUSES AND BOAT SHELTERS, MOORING PILES, DOLPHINS, JETTIES,
GROINS AND BREAKWATER STRUCTURES IN NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR, CONSTRUCT AND BACKFILL BULKHEADS AND RIPRAP
STRUCTURES ALONG ERODING HIGHGROUND SHORELINES AND CONSTRUCT RIPRAP STRUCTURES TO PROTECT ERODING WETLAND SHORELINES IN NAVIGABLE WATERS AND WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION OF PRIMARY DUNES AND ANY ASSOCIATED EXCAVATION WATERWARD OF THE MEAN HIGH WATER (MHW) ELEVATION CONTOUR ON ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORELINES WITHIN NORTH
CAROLINA, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE EMERGENCY PLACEMENT OF
SANDBAGS AND ANY ASSOCIATED EXCAVATION NECESSARY TO FILL
SANDBAGS WATERWARD OF THE MEAN HIGH WATER (MHW) ELEVATION
CONTOUR ON ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORELINES WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA.

TO AUTHORIZE THOSE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE 20 COASTAL COUNTIES RECEIVING PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE FORM OF A COASTAL AREA MANAGEMENT ACT (CAMA) PERMIT, AND/OR A STATE DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT, AND IF REQUIRED, A
WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION, THAT ARE OTHERWISE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION IN THE FORM OF A NATIONWIDE PERMIT OR ANOTHER REGIONAL GENERAL PERMIT.

TO AUTHORIZE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN LAKES AND RESERVOIRS OWNED, OPERATED AND/OR REGULATED BY PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES, THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA), AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

TO AUTHORIZE THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL IN WATERS
OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING WETLANDS, ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF BRIDGES, INCLUDING
COFFERDAMS, ABUTMENTS, FOUNDATION SEALS, PIERS, APPROACH FILLS,
DETOUR FILLS, BOX CULVERT INSTALLATION AND TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS FILLS, IN WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES AS
PART OF WORK CONDUCTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT) OR OTHER STATE, FEDERAL OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

TO AUTHORIZE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE LAKES AND RESERVOIRS OWNED AND/OR OPERATED BY THE WILMINGTON AND NORFOLK DISTRICTS, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, RESPECTIVELY. THESE INCLUDE
JOHN H. KERR RESERVOIR, FALLS LAKE, B. EVERETT JORDAN LAKE, W. KERR SCOTT RESERVOIR, AND PHILPOTT LAKE.

TO AUTHORIZE WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE DREDGING AND THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION, BACKFILLING AND MAINTENANCE OF BULKHEADS AND RIPRAP WITHIN MANMADE BASINS AND CANALS LOCATED ENTIRELY IN UPLANDS AND TO AUTHORIZE MAINTENANCE DREDGING OF DITCHES,
BASINS, CANALS AND CHANNELS IN OPEN WATER AREAS, WHERE ALL EXCAVATED MATERIAL IS PLACED AND RETAINED ENTIRELY ON HIGH GROUND.

TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS AND FISH ATTRACTORS IN COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS, AS PART OF WORK CONDUCTED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES (NCDMF), WITHIN ALL WATERS SUBJECT TO
THE REGULATORY JURISDICTION OF THE WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

TO AUTHORIZE THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL WITHIN NON-TIDAL WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATED WITH FOREST MANAGEMENT AND WILDFIRE CONTROL AND SUPPRESSION.